The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 129,000 to 12,800 years ago.

2022年4月19日 · The American Lion is an extinct lion subspecies that was endemic to North America during the Pleistocene era. It is believed that a small population also inhabited northwestern South America as part of the Great American Interchange.

2024年8月6日 · The American lion was a fierce predator. Standing four feet tall at the shoulder and eight feet long, the American lion is slightly bigger than today’s African lion. The average American lion was very strong and bulky, weighing about 500 pounds! Despite their weight, these big cats were very fast.

2019年3月24日 · An in-depth profile of the American Lion, including this prehistoric mammal's characteristics, behavior, and habitat.

Panthera atrox, more commonly known as ‘the American lion’ is a species belonging to cat family, felidae. It’s relationship to other big cats (Panthera spp.) has been contentious, affinities to the cave lion (Panthera spalea), jaguar (Panthera onca), lion (Panthera leo) and tiger (Panthera tigris) have all been suggested at various times (4, 8).

2015年4月15日 · The range, the area a species calls home, of the American lion was larger than any other land mammal except modern humans. Originating in Africa, it spread into Asia and migrated across the Bering Land Bridge into North America.

2024年5月27日 · Panthera atrox—commonly known as “the American lion”—is an extinct species of lion native to the North American continent. The relationship between this lion and modern lion species has been contentious for years after its discovery.

2016年1月30日 · The American lion’s range extended from the Arctic Circle to the southernmost parts of Mexico, and it is thought to have been one of the most widely distributed large mammals in North America during the Pleistocene era.

2023年3月18日 · Today, no lions lounge in southern Alberta canola fields or chase prey through Yukon grasslands—so what happened? Cave lions and their larger relatives, American lions, first entered North...